Oh Boy! :-(

Jack's birthday week was not a very successful week for me. I gained back 2.8 pounds. Big unhappy face. Despite earning 30 exercise points, it was not enough to overcome my two big downfalls. Cake and wine. I fell back into a pattern of using food (and wine) to overcome stress. I even tried saying to myself that cake and wine wouldn't make me feel better, and you know what, it didn't. I've felt pretty crappy.

Today is Sunday, which is my restart day. I've been pretty good today. I drank all my water, ate decently and even managed to make chocolate chip cookies for Jack without going over my points for the day. I am also getting over some GI bug, which made me tummy not feel so yesterday and most of today.

I am meeting Leigha at the gym tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. It may sound early, but with the amount of insomnia I have been dealing with, it really isn't. I wish I could understand why I am only sleeping 4 - 6 hours a night. If I try to get anymore, I feel tired all day.

I was good last week and even logged all the ICMs (inappropriate coping mechanisms) into the tracker. So, I knew I was going to gain weight. I just didn't think that much. I am coming to realize that I can't eat my weekly points and still lose weight. I do well if I only eat my exercise points. So that is what I am going to do.

1. Review my Weight Loss Contract
2. I can only eat the exercise points, not the weekly points.
3. I will blog more.
4. I will continue to log everything, even my indiscretions.